Re: REQUEST: Info on Ganeesh

Posted By John K. Taber (jktaber@onramp.net)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 18:29:39 -0500

Atish Chand wrote:
>
> John K. Taber wrote:
> >
> > I have a brass statue of Ganeesh with parasol and begging bowl
> > (which looks like a teapot). The guy who sold it to me tells me
> > that it represents Ganeesh on his pilgrimage to the Ganges.
> >
> > Can somebody tell me a lot more details about this image of Ganeesh?
> > --
>
> >From the above description, it sounds more like the incarnation of Lord
> Vamanadeva, then Ganesh. Does the image have an elephant like face? If
> not than most probably it is not Ganesh but Vamanadeva.

The face is unmistakably elephant. It also has the pot belly and fat
legs of Ganeesh.

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